Effect of low calcium and low phosphorus diets on the intestinal absorption of water in intact and parathyroidectomized pigs.
Young pigs, each surgically prepared beforehand with a Thiry-Vella loop of jejunum, were used to study the effect of feeding low calcium and low phosphorus diets on the intestinal absorption of water. Feeding a low phosphorus diet caused a highly significant stimulation in the absorption of water in parathyroid gland-intact and parathyroidectomized pigs; low calcium diets were without effect.
D000818:Animals; D002136:Calcium, Dietary / Q000378:metabolism*; D004032:Diet; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000378:metabolism; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000502:physiology*; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000378:metabolism*; D013552:Swine; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism*
D002136:Calcium, Dietary; D014867:Water; D010758:Phosphorus